Part 2976

<hw>Der"e*lict</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derelictus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>derelinquere</ets> to forsake wholly, to abandon; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>relinquere</ets> to leave. See <er>Relinquish</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; <as>as, <ex>derelict</ex> lands</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The affections which these exposed or <b>derelict</b> children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion.

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.</def>

<blockquote>They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and <b>derelict</b> minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is <b>derelict</b> to its highest duties. <i>J. Buchanan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Derelict</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der"e*lict</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.</def>

<h1>Dereliction</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der`e*lic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derelictio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.</def>

<blockquote>Cession or <b>dereliction</b>, actual or tacit, of other powers. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.</def>

<blockquote>A total <b>dereliction</b> of military duties. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being left or abandoned.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.</def>

<h1>Dereligionize</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De`re*li"gion*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make irreligious; to turn from religion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He would <b>dereligionize</b> men beyond all others. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dereling</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dere"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Darling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dereling</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dere"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Darling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Derf</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Derf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>djafr</ets>.]</ety> <def>Strong; powerful; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Derf"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>